Corona wrote Tom Hanks a letter

This is his response

By now you probably know that beloved Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson contracted COVID-19 when they were in the land down under. In March, Hanks and Wilson spent weeks in isolation recovering in the city of Gold Coast, Queensland. While they were there, Hanks received a letter from Corona.

A young, eight-year-old Gold Coast resident, Corona De Vries wrote to Hanks when he found out the actor was in his city and sick from the virus. De Vries asked the actor how he and Wilson were doing. He went on to mention how difficult life had become for him at school since the Covid-19 outbreak because his classmates had taken to calling him coronavirus. The boy talked about how upset and angry this made him.

And Hanks who is the human equivalent of a soothing balm on a fevered brow, responded in characteristic style. Writing to his “Dear friend Corona”, he mentioned how he had seen De Vries on television and how good the letter had made him and Wilson feel. He thanked him for his friendship and mentioned that although he was all better and back home in the US, De Vries’ letter had made him and Wilson feel even better.

Hanks went on to say how he had never before known anyone with the name Corona, a reference to the ring that surrounds the sun, like a crown. The actor known for his roles in Cast Away, Saving Private Ryan and the Toy Story franchise typed the letter up on his vintage Corona typewriter.

He had taken the typewriter with him to Gold Coast and he thought it was only appropriate he type the letter to Corona on it. Hanks mailed the letter along with the typewriter to De Vries saying it would “suit” him. Along with it, Hanks included instructions on how to use it – “Ask a grown up how it works. And use it to write me back.” At the bottom of the letter, scribbled in hand is “You got a friend in me”, a reference to Hanks’ character Woody from the Toy Story movies.